Dusky Striped Squirrel
Funambulus obscurus
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Rare
- Observations
- 114
- Most observed in
- 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
- Conservation
- Vulnerable
Description
The dusky striped squirrel (Funambulus obscurus) is a species of small squirrel from Sri Lanka that is largely confined to rainforests in the southwestern "wet zone" with higher rainfall than the rest of the island. It was formerly regarded as a subspecies of Funambulus sublineatus from India, at which point the English name of the "combined species" also was dusky striped squirrel. It is known as පුංචි ලේනා (punchi lena) or "batu lena" in the Sinhala language.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Dusky striped squirrel”.